Fairhaven Primary School
Barnett Lane, Wordsley, Stourbridge, DY8 5PY
This school is closed (it closed in September 2023).
It was replaced by Fairhaven Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Thomas Garner
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Dudley South
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 315
- Pupils on roll
- 299
- URN
- 103786
- Local authority
- Dudley
About this school
Fairhaven Primary School was a community primary school in Stourbridge. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 299 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Fairhaven Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 48 | 42 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 58% | 60% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 10% |
| Expected standard in reading | 83% | 71% |
| Expected standard in maths | 71% | 69% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 83% | 81% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.40 | - |
| Writing progress | -1.00 | - |
| Maths progress | -0.30 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Fairhaven Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Dudley average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 58% | 52.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 60% | 54.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 59.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How Fairhaven Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.4% | 14.7% | 299 | — |
| Fairhaven Primary School | 60% | 5.7% | 18% | 251 | 0.0 miles |
| Belle Vue Primary School | 35% | 5.8% | 8.9% | 381 | 0.4 miles |
| Glynne Primary School | 75% | 4.1% | 6.4% | 474 | 0.4 miles |
| Bromley Hills Primary School | 54% | 5.7% | 27% | 282 | 0.6 miles |
| Dingle Community Primary School | 67% | 5.7% | 19.8% | 188 | 0.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 14.7%
- English as an additional language
- 1.3%
- Overall absence
- 6.4%
- Persistent absence
- 15.3%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Fairhaven Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Stourbridge
-
Belle Vue Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Stourbridge
-
Glynne Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Kingswinford
-
Bromley Hills Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Kingswinford
-
Dingle Community Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Kingswinford
Other schools in Stourbridge
- Amblecote Primary School Primary
- Ashwood Park Primary School Primary
- Belbroughton CofE Primary School Primary
- Belle Vue Primary School Primary
- Brindley Heath Junior School Academy Primary
- Brook Primary School Primary
- Corbett VA CofE Primary School Primary
- Fairhaven Primary School Primary
- Foley Infant School Academy Primary
- Gig Mill Primary School Primary
- Greenfield Primary School Primary
- Hagley Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Fairhaven Primary School teach?
- Fairhaven Primary School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in Stourbridge.
- Has Fairhaven Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Fairhaven Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Fairhaven Primary School?
- Fairhaven Primary School had 299 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- How have Fairhaven Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 58% in 2022/23 and 60% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Fairhaven Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Fairhaven Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 September 2023.